Morocco/Spain: Horrific Migrant Deaths at Melilla Border
Click to expand Image Migrants hold placards during an anti-racism demonstration in the Moroccan capital Rabat on June 28, 2022. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images (Milan, June 29, 2022) – The deaths of at...
View ArticleIran: Rights Defenders Sentenced for Questioning Covid Policies
Click to expand Image Paramedics work in a laboratory that tests samples taken from patients suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus, in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, March, 10,...
View Article50 Migrants Found Dead in Texas Shows Flawed Approach in US
Click to expand Image Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found more than 50 people dead in an abandoned semitrailer containing migrants, June 29, 2022, in...
View ArticleMourning Hong Kong’s Democracy
Click to expand Image Former Hong Kong legislator Nathan Law arrested by police when he and others protested against President Xi Jinping’s visit to the city in 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of...
View ArticleTurkey: Mass Arrests, Anti-LGBT Violence at Pride
Click to expand Image A demonstrator holds a rainbow flag in front of police officers as people try to gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in central Istanbul, Turkey...
View ArticleUkraine: Russian Missile Kills Civilians in Shopping Center
Click to expand Image Rescue operations at a shopping center in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian missile on June 27. Photo taken on June 28, 2022. © 2022 Giorgi Gogia/Human Rights Watch...
View ArticleLesbian Parents in the US Should Not Need to Adopt Their Own Children
Click to expand Image Protestors join the 30th Annual New York City Dyke March, on June 25, 2022 in New York. © 2022 John Smith/VIEWpress/Getty Images When the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark...
View ArticleHonduras: Rights Agenda for the Castro Administration
Click to expand Image A demonstrator carries a sign reading "Women's sexual health and reproductive health" during a march to commemorate the right to vote and to celebrate the election of Honduras'...
View ArticleThe UN Security Council Should Renew Cross-Border Aid for Syrians
Click to expand Image UN humanitarian aid trucks enter northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on June 1, 2021. © 2021 Associated Press In less than two weeks, the 15...
View ArticleGeorgia: First ICC Arrest Warrants
Click to expand Image Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. © 2021 AP Photo/Peter Dejong (Tbilisi) – Arrest warrants issued on June 30, 2022, by the...
View ArticlePalestine: Impunity for Arbitrary Arrests, Torture
Click to expand Image Demonstrators carry pictures of activist Nizar Banat during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah on the same day he was beaten to death in Palestinian Authority custody,...
View ArticleHow Colombia Could Inspire the Fight for Abortion Rights in the US
Click to expand Image Members of the Pro-Abortion movement 'Causa Justa por el Aborto' take part during the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women demonstrations in Bogota,...
View ArticleCzech Republic Should Ensure the Rule of Law is Central to EU Agenda
Click to expand Image (From L-R) Flag of European Union, flag of Czech Republic, and flag of Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union seen during a press conference on June 16, 2022. ©...
View ArticleYanomami Indigenous People at Risk in Venezuela
Click to expand Image An aerial view of a Yanomami village in Venezuela's Amazon region, seen on September 7, 2012. © 2012 AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos Cenoya Silva, a Yanomami Indigenous woman from the...
View ArticleUganda: President Pledges Rights Improvements
Click to expand Image Members of the Human Rights Watch delegation meet with President Museveni in Ntungamo, western Uganda on June 29, 2022. © 2022 State House Press Unit/PPU (Kampala) – President...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Deals Blow to Climate Action
Click to expand Image Climate activists rally outside the US Supreme Court after the court announced its decision in West Virginia v. EPA, June 30, 2022 © 2022 Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via...
View ArticleMaldives New ‘Evidence’ Law Undermines Media Freedom
Click to expand Image The People's Majlis, Maldives’ parliament, in Male, February 2018. © 2018 STR/AFP via Getty Images In a serious setback for media freedom, the Maldives parliament today enacted...
View ArticleFake Video Calls Aim to Harm Ukraine Refugees
Click to expand Image Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey on a video call with someone using manipulated video footage to impersonate Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko, June 24, 2022. © 2022 Senate Chancellery of...
View ArticleLebanon: Unlawful Crackdown on LGBTI Gatherings
Click to expand Image LGBTQ Rights graffiti spray-painted at a protest site in downtown Beirut. December 22, 2019. © 2020 Marwan Tahtah for Human Rights Watch (Beirut) – Lebanese authorities have...
View ArticleMyanmar Military Atrocities Laid Bare in Gruesome Footage
Click to expand Image Charred houses in Mwe Tone village following an attack by alleged Myanmar soldiers in Pale township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar, February 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo Shocking footage...
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